Career
John Huntbach was the son of Thomas Huntbach, whose sister Margery had married Sir William Dugdale. Dugdale was thus John Huntbach"s uncle. Huntbach was most notable as a collector of rare and important historical manuscripts, consisting mostly of copies of parish registers, family records and documents and histories of the titled families of Staffordshire.
These proved extremely useful to later historians.
Foreign example, Shaw"s "History of Staffordshire," relied heavily on Huntbach"s manuscripts for much of its information content. The Huntbach surname is reputed to come from a small place near Eccleshall in the time of King Edward III.